Blackburn NA39 - withdrawn

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Here is my first entry for this GB.  And to be honest with you all, I'm a little bit scared of it.   

 

I have built resin kits before, but never of this complexity.  I'm well out of my comfort zone.

 

[Col.]

I've every faith in your abilities Enzo  

[Enzo the Magnificent]

56 minutes ago, Enzo Matrix said:

I'm well out of my comfort zone.

That's a good thing, by the way.   

 

So, let's look at the parts.  Firstly, the fuselage halves.  As with almost all Buccaneer kits, there are split horizontally.

 

 

Cursory fit trials show that they don't.  At all!     However, I think that is a result of the casting process as there are numerous casting inclusions that shouldn't be there.  I think some judicious fettling may help.

 

The remainder of the parts are shown in their sealed bags.  I have a long and disastrous history of losing parts to the carpet monster   , so I'm not going to take anything out of the bags unless I absolutely need to... 

 

 

 

 

Interestingly the undercarriage parts are cast in a different colour resin.  I wonder if this means that they are stronger.  I'm sure I'll find out.

 

There is some excellent pre-painted photoetch and a couple of equally excellent decal sheets.

 

 

Altogether a bit of a challenge.  Looking forward to it!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterB]

Hi Enzo,

 

Looks like fun. What scale is it?

 

Pete

[Enzo the Magnificent]

24 minutes ago, PeterB said:

What scale is it?

It's 1/72.  Any bigger and I wouldn't be able to lift it! 

[Harry Lime]

On 4/23/2020 at 10:04 PM, Enzo Matrix said:

Interestingly the undercarriage parts are cast in a different colour resin.  I wonder if this means that they are stronger.  I'm sure I'll find out.

I'm sure I read somewhere that that is the case. Now don't ask me where coz what with old age fast approaching, the old grey matter ain't what it used to be! More than likely it was someone's wip somewhere else on here.

 

Mark.

[exdraken]

Cool model kit! Looking forward to your progress and pics!

 

[Enzo the Magnificent]

Sadly, there has been absolutely no progress on this build.  I have spent the last few weeks carefully trimming and fettling the fuselage parts in an attempt to get them to fit.  Unfortunately, it is just not happening. This one is clearly beyong my capabilities.  So, I am going to withdraw this build.

 

That doesn't mean there will be no NA39 though.   I have come up with a Plan B.  I'm going to convert an Airfix kit.

 

I can't guarantee that I will finish it in the GB timeframe but, just like Pat Benatar, I'll hit it with my best shot!   

[Alan P]

Ah, that's a shame. But looking forward to the new conversion project👍

[Enzo the Magnificent]

9 hours ago, Alan P said:

Ah, that's a shame. But looking forward to the new conversion project👍

 

[sanfrandragon]

Thats a shame.  The parts look very similar to my Czech Master Resin Buccaneer.  I wonder if there is any commonality in the moulds?  Good luck with plan B!